1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA vestita, _alba_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores in ramis verticillati, erecto-patentes. Corolla clavata, pollicaris, alba, pubescens. Folia sena, conferta, uncialia, linearia, tremulenta. Pedunculi longissimi. Caulis tripedalis, erectus; ramis simplicibus, adscendentibus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and just within the blossom. Flowers grow in whorls upon the branches, upright and spreading. Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, white, and downy. Leaves by sixes, crowded, an inch long, linear, and tremulous. Footstalks very long. Stem three feet high, upright; with simple ascending branches. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till December. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. The same spread open, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA viridis. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores infra apices ramorum confertim verticillati, horizontales. Corolla cylindrica, uncialis, saturate viridis, viscosa, costata, asperiuscula. Folia sena, linearia, patentia. Caulis fruticosus, erectus. Rami plerumque simplices, erecti et rigidi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers grow near the ends of the branches crowdedly whorled, and horizontal. Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, of a deep green, clammy, ribbed, and roughish. Leaves by sixes, linear, and spreading. Stem shrubby, upright. The branches are mostly simple, erect, and rigid. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till September. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement. 3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Uhria. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, sub-exertæ; stylo exerto, apice curvato. Flores terminales, solitarii, racemum formantes in apicibus ramorum. Corolla tubuloso-clavata, sanguinea, apice virescens, viscosa; laciniis limbi erectis. Folia terna, linearia, glabra, erecto-patentia. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis. Rami pauci; ramuli numerosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, just without the blossom. Shaft without, and curved at the end. Flowers terminate the small branches, grow solitary, forming a long bunch near the tops of the branches. Blossom tubularly club-shaped, of a blood colour, green at the end, and clammy. The segments of the border are upright. Leaves by threes, linear, smooth, and between erect and spreading. Stem shrubby, two feet high. The larger branches are few; the smaller ones numerous. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till September. REFERENCE.